Key Highlights
- Arweave’s blockchain has stopped producing new blocks for more than 24 hours, with the last block (#1,851,686) mined on February 6.
- The outage’s root cause remains unknown, with no confirmed exploits, attacks, or validator issues reported.
Arweave, a renowned blockchain known as the ‘permaweb’ with its promise of permanent and decentralized data storage, has experienced a major network disruption. As of February 7, 7:45 AM UTC, the network has not produced any new blocks for more than 24 hours, stalling transaction processing and new data uploads.
As noted by Wu Blockchain, the last block mined was at the height of 1,851,686, timestamped at 11:18:15 UTC+8 on February 6, 2026, and block height advanced to 1852523. Blockchain explorer Arscan confirmed no subsequent activity, marking an unusual pause for a protocol engineered for long-term reliability and data immutability.
This outage strikes at the core irony of Arweave’s mission to ensure data endures “forever” through its unique endowment model and proof-of-access consensus now faces operational limbo.
As of now, the root cause remains unclear, with no confirmed reports of exploits, attacks, or coordinated validator issues. The event underscores ongoing challenges in achieving true decentralization and uptime in storage-focused blockchains.
This is a developing story, and more information will be shared as the event unfolds.
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